Cole points finger at Dein

Arsenals unsettled defender feels let down by the club and his manager, but saves most of his anger for vice-chairman David Dein, writes Jim Munro

ASHLEY COLE last night pointed the finger at Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein over the Chelsea tapping-up row that cost him a £100,000 fine, and admitted: “I fear my Arsenal career is over.

“The Arsenal board, and Dein in particular, have hung me out to dry,” said the England defender. “This is a broken bridge that might be impossible to mend. I blame David Dein for trying to force me out of the club I love.

“He didn’t show me any respect and treated me like a little kid. I am now convinced a section of the Arsenal board don’t want me.”

Cole told the News of the World: “They have left me feeling there is no way back, that they don’t want me to put on my beloved Arsenal shirt ever again. What else am I meant to think when my own vice-chairman drags me through an official inquiry?” Cole